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Transport for London, Enfield Council and the Metropolitan Police have extended an average\u2011speed camera corridor on the A10 between Southbury Road and the North Circular, pairing it with engineering works and a borough injunction against car meets after a fatal collision and subsequent prosecutions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Transport for London has extended the average\u2011speed camera system on the A10 in north London to cover the southern section from Southbury Road to the A406, part of a joint effort with Enfield Council and the Metropolitan Police to reduce road danger and tackle road\u2011related anti\u2011social behaviour. According to TfL\u2019s press release, the extension replaces existing spot\u2011speed cameras on the stretch and is intended to create a continuous enforcement corridor along the route. <\/p>\n
The rollout is being paired with a raft of complementary measures intended to deter dangerous driving and make crossings safer: improved lane markings, vegetation clearance, tactile cones at crossings and upgrades to pedestrian crossings have been introduced or planned, and TfL says the joined\u2011up approach will make enforcement more effective. Enfield Council\u2019s account of the work underlines that the southern installation is meant to mirror the approach taken on the northern section of the A10, creating a single, monitored stretch rather than isolated enforcement points. <\/p>\n
Officials point to an encouraging safety record on the northern section after average\u2011speed cameras were first deployed in 2020. TfL\u2019s figures indicate a fall in collisions involving death and serious injury in that sector \u2014 from seven in 2019 to three in 2021\u201322 \u2014 and none resulting in death in 2023 and 2024, with two collisions involving serious injury across those two years. The agencies present those outcomes as evidence that sustained average\u2011speed enforcement can reduce the most severe harms on busy urban routes. <\/p>\n
The expansion follows sustained local pressure after a fatal collision on the A10 in January 2024. Gina Sone\u2011Demetrious launched a petition in the wake of her sister Laura\u2019s death that calls not only for cameras but for wider national change, including tougher sentencing for dangerous driving, in\u2011vehicle black boxes and restrictions for new drivers; local reporting documents the campaign and the political support it has attracted. Residents and councillors have repeatedly described speeding and noisy car meets as persistent problems that existing measures had failed to fully address. <\/p>\n
Legal action has also formed part of the response. Enfield secured a High Court injunction, granted on 6 December 2024, banning unauthorised car meets across the borough and giving police extra powers to arrest and prosecute those involved in racing, stunt driving and other disruptive behaviour. The BBC and council statements say the injunction built on earlier powers, including a 2021 public\u2011spaces protection order, and was designed to protect communities from noise, danger and damage. <\/p>\n
That injunction has since been tested in court. Enfield Council reports that two people were found in breach after an incident of convoy driving on 23 May 2025; contempt proceedings were heard at the High Court on 16 June 2025, with sentences that included suspended custodial terms and orders to pay legal costs. The council said the prosecutions demonstrated a willingness to enforce the ban, and that enforcement would continue alongside the new camera infrastructure. <\/p>\n
The average\u2011speed equipment being used is supplied by Jenoptik, whose product literature describes VECTOR P2P systems that can monitor bidirectional, multi\u2011lane carriageways, provide front\u2011and\u2011rear imaging for evidential purposes and be installed with relatively low additional infrastructure. Those manufacturer claims on performance and operational benefits are presented on the company\u2019s website; they should be read as vendor information rather than independent verification of outcomes. <\/p>\n
TfL framed the camera extension as part of the Mayor\u2019s Vision Zero ambition to eliminate deaths and serious injuries from London\u2019s roads. \u201cBreaking the speed limit is illegal and dangerous, with devastating consequences across London,\u201d Lilli Matson, TfL\u2019s Chief Safety, Health and Environment Officer, said in TfL\u2019s statement, while Enfield\u2019s council leader and local councillors welcomed the additional enforcement and pledged to continue using legal, engineering and community measures to protect residents. Together, agencies say, the mixture of cameras, civil injunctions and targeted policing aims to reduce risk on the A10 \u2014 but local campaigners continue to press for wider policy changes to sentencing and driver regulation at national level. <\/p>\n
In the wake of these measures, Reform UK has urged caution about equating enforcement with road safety triumphs and has called for a broader, taxpayer\u2011savvy approach. A Reform UK spokesperson argued that while enforcement is welcome, the public must not bear the financial and civil\u2011liberties costs of high\u2011tech surveillance without clear, accountable outcomes. They stressed a push for frontline policing and targeted sentencing reform, while cutting unnecessary public\u2011sector overhead to ensure road safety is funded by value\u2011for\u2011money measures, not vanity projects. Larger national reforms, the spokesperson added, should accompany local efforts to restore public confidence in policing and to ensure that safety gains are sustainable and affordable for taxpayers. Local campaigners, meanwhile, continue to press for wider policy changes to sentencing and driver regulation at the national level.<\/p>\n